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SHOW OF FORCE. Several soldiers and a few personnel carriers stay along the stretch of Davao City's San Pedro Street on Monday, June 12 while the Independence Day flag raising ceremony is being held at the Rizal Park here. Military ground vehicles have become a mainstay in the city's center, with some locals taking photos beside the armored vehicles since President Rodrigo Duterte declared the whole island of Mindanao under the state of Martial Law on May 23. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte’s ‘Oplan Kapayapaan’ doomed to fail, CPP claims

"Amid the relentless taunting of the military and the launching of heightening attacks against the New People?s Army, the Communist Party of the Philippines asserted that the Duterte regime?s counterinsurgency program ? Oplan Kapayapaan ? is doomed to fail."

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PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

“Salvaging” the GRP-NDFP peace talks

During the Marcos Dictatorship, the word “salvage” or “salbids” translated into “extrajudicial killing.”

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Read more about the article Duterte ouster, ‘highly probable’-CPP
RED FLAG. The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) waves in the wind somewhere in the province of Compostela Valley. The CPP celebrated the 44th anniversary of its re-establishment Wednesday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Duterte ouster, ‘highly probable’-CPP

The Communist Party of the Philippines is foreseeing the high probability that President Rodrigo Duterte will not be able to complete his term in office.

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DEVOTIONAL MASS. Hundreds hear the early morning mass Sunday in Davao City’s San Pedro Church. Today is the first day of Simbang Gabi, a devotional nine-day series of masses practiced by the Catholics. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

God’s Folly

If there is one way to describe President Duterte is that he can be consistent. I am not talking about his political agenda or economic plan, but about his recent statement calling God stupid. Saying those words is consistent with how his administration treated people. His lack of respect towards God is seen in his actions and policies. The outrage that many people felt following his tirade against God and the Catholic Church is valid. We hear about those who denounced Duterte as blasphemous while others were strong to defend the account of Adam and Eve in Genesis.

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